Comments on: Should we drink moderately?

By: Eat Grapes

Eat Grapes — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:14:06 +0000

Exercise is good for the heart.

Keeping a good body weight.

Keeping Stress Levels Low.

If you want the benefits of Wine, and not the alcohol, eat some grapes.

By: RGL

RGL — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:14:19 +0000

The usual mixed bag of advice, as you say.

To those who don’t drink and feel happy, no matter what age, don’t even bring up the matter. To those who drink asking for advice on how much they can drink, my guess is probably as good as the bar tender’s, considering we both read the same muddled language in these studies.

In the end, whatever advice I give would depend not only on the medical benefits, which are still murky, as opposed to the risks which we all know. But no matter how much we try to give this advice concerning alcohol, we may never know whether patients comply with what we tell them.

If alcohol were like a drug to control high BP or one of those statins for high cholesterol, my job would be much easier, with no element of guesswork and with the certainty that I really know what I’m doing.

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:13:47 +0000

While I appreciate that the report is saying to be careful, once again its statement is “We don’t trust you to have common sense, let us do the reasoning for you.” The people who consult their doctor about this would anyway, those who uase any excuse to down more than a six-pack (or equivalent) every day won’t ask or pay atttention if they do.

Put the info out there, those who are interested will find it. And even without formal info, I am optimist enough to beleve that most people realize that a one-hundred-pound twelve-year-old should not be drinking like his thirty-eight-year-old father the longshoreman.

Sheesh.